Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice
Published on 7. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 304 pages
978-1-4419-5135-9 (ISBN)
Description
A critical issue in research and development (R&D) management is the structure and use of evaluative efforts for R&D programs. The book introduces the different methods that may be used in R&D evaluation and then illustrates these methods by describing actual evaluation in practice using those methods.
The book is divided into two sections. The first section provides an introduction and details on several popular methodologies used in the evaluation of research and development activities. The second half of the book focuses on evaluation in practice and is comprised of several chapters offering the perspectives of individuals in different types of organizations. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected R&D evaluation literature, focusing on post-1985 literature, on research evaluation.
The book is divided into two sections. The first section provides an introduction and details on several popular methodologies used in the evaluation of research and development activities. The second half of the book focuses on evaluation in practice and is comprised of several chapters offering the perspectives of individuals in different types of organizations. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected R&D evaluation literature, focusing on post-1985 literature, on research evaluation.
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Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVI, 304 p.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-5135-9 (9781441951359)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-5182-6
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Barry Bozeman | Julia Melkers
Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice
E-Book
06/2013
Springer
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Barry Bozeman | Julia Melkers
Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice
Book
04/1993
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
Section I. Evaluation Methods.- 1: Methods for Evaluating the Return on R&D Investments.- 2: The Use of Case Studies in R&D Impact Evaluations.- 3: Bibliometrics as a Tool for Analysis of R&D Impacts.- 4: Co-Word Analysis.- 5: Peer Review and Evaluation of R&D Impacts.- 6: Patents and the Evaluation of R&D.- 7: Operations Research Contributions to Evaluation of R&D Projects.- Section II. Evaluation in Practice.- 8: Evaluating Federal R&D in Canada.- 9: Evaluating Federal R&D in the United States.- 10: Use of Quantitative Methods to Support Research Decisions in Business and Government.- 11: Evaluating the Industrial Relevance of Public R&D Laboratories.- 12: U.S. Evaluation of Strategic Research: Closing the Gap with Europe and Japan.- 13: The Temporal Dimension of R&D Evaluation: Incorporating Spin-Off Benefits.- 14: Criteria for Evaluating Research Projects and Portfolios.- 15: Annotated Bibliography on Evaluation of Research, 1985-1990.